Hudson River Trading Expands Dell Deployment to Power AI-Driven Research

• Dell AI Factory supports Hudson River Trading (HRT) research infrastructure across algorithm development, predictive pricing simulations and hypothesis testing
• Dell Integrated Rack Scalable Systems (IRSS) featuring direct liquid-cooled Dell PowerEdge XE9685L servers power HRT's energy-efficient AI research data center in Norway
• HRT standardizes on Dell PowerScale as the data storage foundation for essential trading data

ROUND ROCK - Hudson River Trading (HRT), a global quantitative trading firm, is expanding its relationship with Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) to build AI research infrastructure that scales with the demands of modern algorithmic trading. This includes a purpose-built AI research data center in Norway powered by the Dell AI Factory, and the standardization of Dell PowerScale as the data foundation for HRT's critical market data in the United States, according to the official website of Dell. 

Why it matters

HRT operates across more than 200 financial markets worldwide, using algorithms and advanced technology to make rapid, precise trading decisions. The firm's competitive edge depends on its ability to continuously refine those algorithms, tracking market data, testing hypotheses and running predictive pricing simulations that inform how it operates in fast-moving conditions.

As research models grow more sophisticated and data volumes compound, the infrastructure supporting that research must be as rigorous as the trading operation itself. For data-intensive organizations like HRT, the Dell AI Factory and Dell PowerScale provides an integrated foundation that helps makes rigorous AI research possible.

Scaling AI research in Norway

HRT recently opened a data center at Lefdal Mine Data Centers on Norway's west coast, purpose-built for energy-efficient, high-performance AI research at scale. The facility leverages the Dell Al Factory, using Dell IRSS featuring direct liquid-cooled Dell PowerEdge XE9685L servers with AMD EPYC processors, NVIDIA HGX B200 systems and optimized Dell and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking — delivering the high-performance compute HRT needs for accelerated AI training and research workloads.

Situated in a repurposed mine in proximity to a cold fjord, the data center maximizes cooling performance while reducing energy consumption and costs.

Storage as the foundation for AI research

In the United States, HRT is standardizing on Dell PowerScale as the storage foundation for critical market data its research teams need for algorithm development and simulation workloads, supporting the kind of iterative, large-scale experimentation that quantitative trading demands. Dell PowerEdge R-series servers deliver the compute performance to run those workloads at speed. 

The combination gives HRT a research environment that scales with the complexity of its models and the volume of its data without compromising the reliability its trading operations require.

Perspectives

“Our engineers and researchers work as one team to solve complex problems across global financial markets,” said Prashant Lal, partner, Hudson River Trading. “We trade millions of shares each day, which demands continuous innovation in how we research and operate. Working with Dell, we’re building AI research environments designed to scale with our data, models, and ambitions.”

“AI outcomes at enterprise scale are determined by how seamlessly data and compute work together,” said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. “Working with Hudson River Trading, we're delivering the integrated foundation their research teams need to scale models, accelerate experimentation and keep pace with the complexity of global markets.”